2026 Baseball Roster

Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner
Ryan Olson
Nelson Chenault
Nelson Chenault
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner

17 Nico Baumbach

  • Position Third Base
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 205
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Letters 5
  • Hometown Euless, Tex.
  • High School Trinity High School
  • Prev School Northeast Texas CC

Biography

LITTLE ROCK PROGRAM RANKINGS
• Career batting average – 6th (.348)
• Career home runs – 3rd (26)
• Single-season home runs – 4th (14)
• Single-season total bases – 6th (128)


2026: Served as one of Little Rock's most consistent offensive performers while helping lead the Trojans to a second consecutive Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship and the program's first NCAA Super Regional appearance. Baumbach started 48 games and hit .337 with 57 hits, 13 doubles, four home runs, 30 RBI and 27 runs scored while posting a .955 fielding percentage. He reached base at a .408 clip and delivered numerous clutch performances throughout the season, including a four-hit game with a home run and two RBI against SIUE in the OVC Tournament. Baumbach recorded 16 multi-hit games and finished the year hitting .400 during postseason play, helping earn All-OVC Tournament Team and Hattiesburg Regional All-Tournament Team honors. He drove in a season-high four runs at UT Martin and collected a season-high four hits against SIUE. During Little Rock's OVC Tournament championship run, Baumbach hit .438 and helped power the Trojans to their second straight league title. He continued his strong play in the NCAA Tournament, recording multiple hits against both Southern Miss and Jacksonville State as Little Rock advanced to the first Super Regional in school history.

2025 (at Lubbock Christian)

  • Played in 49 games with 48 starts
  • Led the team with a .392 average, hit 7 home runs, and drove in 43 RBI
  • Totaled 20 doubles and 43 runs scored
  • Helped LCU advance to the NCAA D2 South Central Regional 


2024

  • First Team All-OVC selection
  • Led the OVC in doubles (22) and ranked in the Top 10 in hits (71) and RBI (52)
  • Helped the Trojans to their first regular-season OVC championship
  • Led Little Rock in average (.343) slugging (.556) and total bases (120)


2023 

  • All-OVC First Team honors
  • Appeared and started in 52 games, hitting a team high .372
  • Team high .643 slugging percentage, and a team high .453 on-base percentage
  • Recorded 74 hits and 43 runs scored and led the team in RBI with 52
  • In the OVC, finished 1st in average (.372), 5th in slugging percentage (.643), 4th in hits (74), 7th in OBP (.453), 7th in RBI (52), and 8th in total bases (128)
Before Little Rock
  • Graduate of Trinity High School where he lettered all four years
  • 3-time all-district selection, 2-time offensive MVP and an all-area selection once
  • Helped the Trojans to their deepest playoff run in school history
  • Attended Northeast Texas Community College
  • At NTCC, he was first team all-conference and all-region at third base in his first year
  • Played in the 2021 NJCAA all-star game and was a 2022 honorable mention all-conference third baseman

Personal
  • Son of Steve and Cynthia Baumbach
  • Has a younger sister, Giselle
  • Intends to major in criminal justice with a minor in sports management and wants to pursue a career involving sports or forensics

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2023Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'11" 205 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2024Senior

    Infielder
    5'11" 205 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2026Graduate Student

    Third Base
    5'11" 205 lbs
    17